making history. just hours from now, wilton gregory will be installed as washington's newest archbiop. he'll be the seventh to hold the job, the first african-america keeping your property safe. we're helping you prepare for your next vacation, but we'rta not ing about what you take with you but what you leave behind. good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. a's 4:00 a.m. let's begin witcheck on your forecast and commute. melissa mollet standing by with first 4 traffic. >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. man, the midwest hit with those t >> we knew it was coming days and days in advance. hopefully we've limited the loss of life and property ae much as wn out in that part of the country. for us, after our first de 90-ee day of the year yesterday -- 90 at national airport, 91 at bwi marshall yesterday. a little early preview of what's coming for the summer. this morning, though, a weather

front has gone through. as a result we're turning cooler today. you'll notice the wind direction out of the northwest this afternoon. 40s in western maryland.ll sti 71 by the bay in annapolis. most everybody starting off in th60s this morning. there's still another hour or two befo we get to sunrise. rpdon't be sed. have a lot of 50s in the suburbs. afternoonemperatures today even with an abundance of sunshine are not going to be as near as hot a yesterday. a 15-degree improvement.y toda's highs in the low to mid 70s. t warmer air isn't now it. more about that coming up. > thank yo right now first 4 traffic alert. take a look. he's difficult to see because they moved t camera. eastbound 66 bore 29 and centreville, two right lanes blocked becausecr of ah investigation. you're getting by on the left. it's working for right now. as the morning counity rolls into gear, it's definitely going to be quite a problem for a lot of people if that is hanging

around. inner loop, outer lo no issues, taking a look at 270 here southbound, frederick to the spur,67 miles per hour. you get there in 27 minutes. eun? >> thank you. it's 4:02. this morning, thousands of people across the midwest are cleaning up after ada violent y of weather. >> tornadoesh to down across multiple states. in kansas, a storm chaser sho this footage. a torna hitmineola, a town of less than 1,000 people which sits noth of the oklahoma border. >> this area and others are bracing for what could be another round today. news4's meeghan fitzgerald has more. >> reporter: we're talking about a dozen tornadoes that touched down just yesterday alone. this morning, folks are still a under tornado and flood watches. you're looking at the damage in perry, oklahoma, north of c oklahomaity. homes ripped apart with blown ut windows, roofs ripped off, and floodedfloors.

after seeing the damage, many people are just waking up thankful to be alive. >> i said, what did u say? she said, our house is gone. you can always replace stuff like that. but a life you can't replace. >> reporter: get this -- the national weather service says the risk of tornadoes in the region has be at the highest level they've seen in years. fortunately, though, there's no reports of injuries. back to you. >> thank you. 4:03. we' following breaking news in prince george's county this morni i. police arenvestigating a homicide in campsprings. fore 1:00 ay just this morning a man was found dead ons morri avenue. his name has not been released, and no word on any arrests. oday anunprecedented hearing for a man convicted of fueling d.c.'s crack epidemic in the 1980s. >> rafael edmond iii ran the largest and deadliest drug network in the city.

prosecutors asking that he be released early. he is currently serving life without parole. he once ran an operation that brought 1,700 pounds of calk a month into the district. then he flipped and began helping law enforcement understand the workings of the drug trade. he helped prosecutors convict other dealers. they say that cooperation has turned him -- earned him an early release. not everybody agrees. >> if you would have told me we'd still be talking iout this now, of said you got to be kidding me. it was a done deal. >> that was a police officer who went undercover in the organization in the '80s. the judge has ordered federal prosecutors to get victim impact statements from those affected by edmond'suga deng. also today, an n historicew beginning forshington's catholic church. just hours from now wilton gregory will installed as the seventh archbishop.'

he also make history as the first african-american to hold the job. wilton served for the past 14 years as archbishop innt at -- archbishop gregy, i apologize. the ceremony will take place at the basilica of the national shrine of the immatlate concepn in d.c. there will be protests today including a large rally on the steps of the supreme court. >> the protests organized on social media using the hash tag hash stopthebans after alabama pasted the most restricted -- passed the most restricted law in history. rallies are expected in all 50 states today. the protests come as another state inches closer to banning the procedure afterix weeks with no tiexemps. louisiana's new measure would br simila to alabama's. groups including planned parenthood say abortion should be left up to the pregnant person, not politicians. here's what the organization's president told rachel maddow

about yesterday's protests -- >> all around the country isemrising up to defend -- people are rg upde to fend people's fundamental rights and freedoms. there are over 400 groups planned in washington, d.c., and puerto rico. >> women from groups including march for women and emily's list are coming together at the suateme court. th is expected to happen today around noon. rmer white house counsel don mcghan will not testify before the highways judiciary committee. he -- house judiciary committee. he runs theisk of being held in contempt of congress. this after president trump told mcghan to dfy the subpoena. the justicdepartment argues mcghan should have immunity from testifying about his work while he was working for the president. droocrats want to hear fm him because he was the key witness in the special counsel investigation. 4:06. it's no secret traffic can be a nightmare especially on the beltway. it can feel like the traffic will never end.

vdot is proposing a solution too make yourute easier. three miles of now i-495 express lanes in eact direion from the dulles toll road interchange to the maryland line near the american legion bridge. there was a community meeting to tell people about than and get feedback. >> you're intending to make it wider, that puts itself into places where pople have homes. >> we do notip anticate having any total residential relocations. we will need take some right of way along the corridor. we don't have those exact numbers. >> vdot'son envirmental assessment test is expectedeo be complin the fall. good news for commuters this morning. b looks like there will be no strike for d.a.s. employees. the drivers will be critical during the partial metro shutdown in the next few days. a final vote is scheduled for tomorrow concerning pay increases and pensions. d.a.s.h. workersay they've een some of the lowest paid bus

operators in the region. saturday is when every metro station south of reagan national airport on the blue and yellow linesill be closed to fix cracked platforms. we have more informa to help you get around this summer. right now it's on the nbc washington app. search "metro "shutdow and how's this for an idea to beat the d.c. traffic -- a pr local entreeneur wants to ease gridlock with a mono rail. this is video that developer robert eisinger created. he said it would be in the i-270 corridor. a trip between shady grove and frederick would take less than 30 minutes. the monorail would be fully automated and driverless. he's not said who would pay for the everyone's trying to look for the solution. >> as long as they don't paint it like the maryland flag, i think it's all right. law enforcement ocials in prince georg's county say the state's red flag law is working. >> the law is designed to take

weapons f wom people can harm themselves or others. just last week, sheriff's deputies seized 78 frams and nearly 25,000 rounds of ammunition from one high-risk person, one person. mark spencer is the inspector prince george's county sheriff. spencer tells news4 the law is working to prevent domestic violence, and it's saving lives. >> this is a way to, as you said, be proactive so that we're not dealing wh tragedy. >> the red flag law went into effect last october. people can file a petition witha the court,nd the judge will decide whether to seize weapons from an individual. it's now 4:09. there is a sea of yellow in stafford county as teenagers remember a beloved swim team member who was killed in a car crash last week. helen wang died on her 17th birthday. the junior was ande honors stu and a longtime member of several area swim teams. she was pulling out of a boat ramp last thursday when a dump

truck slammed into her car.ds frien describe her as a ray of sushine, andyellow was her favorite color. >> she was just so sweet to everyone. and leve she would say anything negative about a person. i think that's why she made so many friends. that's why ioved her so much. >> in her honor, wang's switch coaches, friends, and their parents created the helen wang memori scholarship fund. they've already received $4,000 ins. donation today ford will starttt cug jobs as part of its massive restructuring plan. the automaker says about 500 people in the u.s. will be cut through voluntary buyouts and layoffs this week. it will affect mostly rkers in and around dearborn headquarters. the company will 1cut0% of its global work force by august. that will eliminate about 7,000 jobs. the plan will savehe t company about $600 million annually. d.c. has more residents than

vermont or wyoming but lacks any vote in congress. today a new national campaign io launchingry and change that. it will include canvassing of early primary voting states. the effort wpall include advertising, grassroots organizations, and d.c. residents traveling to make the case. the 51 for 51 campaign calls for a simple majority approval of statehoodin the senate rather than the 60 votes required to break a filibuster. an-controlled senate has no interest in taking up the issue. many democrats will have to make gains in 2020 for this issue to go anymore. still ahead,nd marijuana a cbd oil, could they be used to treat addiction? just in time for your back yard barbecue season, the cost of meat may be going up. we'll tell you why. chuck? >> we are dealing withunshine for us today. across the middle of the country, severe weather is still roaring here in the early morning hours on a tuesda

we'll let you know whether that will threaten our holiday weekend coming up.

welcome back. a sharp rise inuth tobacco use mostly connected toig

e-carettes and vaping is sparking federal action. >> virginia senator t kaine is co-sponsoring a bipartisan bill to raise the age at which you can buy tobacco. it would go from 18 to 21 both cigarettes and vaping devices. he joined senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on the senate floor yesterday to introduce the bill. it would also apply to members of the military and allow states to enact laws with even higher minimums if they choose.c. d.maryland, and virginia have already raised -- rather, voted toise the minimum smoking age to 21. artificial intelligence may be able to dete lung cancer before radiologists. scientists from northwestern university and google trained their computer system to assess lung nodules without human involvement. this form of artificial intelligenc t was ableo identify cancer with 94% accuracy. the model was often more accurate than expert radiologists. researers say these findings still need to be confirmed in

larger studies. a study finds cbd-brand cannabis products could hlp eroin abusers kick their addiction. new yorker researchers 42 patients with cbd which is a non-psychoactive part ofab the ca plant. it significantly reduced the addict's cravings and anxiety when they saw others using drugs. ted at ects of cbd l least a week. a new report from the american academy of pediatrics says kids are notti eang enough fish. researchers say the decline has been going on for more than a decade now. one reason may be coerns about the mercury that fish can absorb from polluted water. doctors say many types of fish are safe, though, and some research shows that seafood may help prevent asthma and eczema. health experts say that fish and shellfish are good sources of protein and omega 3s which are known tomprove brain function.

we could see pay more for meats. a disease is sweeping through china's hall industry, and china -- china's hog industry, and china is having to import meat to meat its own demand. prices could rise by more than 15% in the u.s. however, it will likely take months to feel the full effectas at the register. >> you might have a real problem on your hands. you like pork and prices are going up, and you hate fish -- >> i'm a lost cause as faresas that >> who doesn't like a pork chop? i mean -- >> really good. i would say who doesn't like shrimp scampy but, you know -- >> skimp's good --ll >>fish allergies and all. >> yeah. londy out there walking across the parking t. >> but you noticed a change in wind direction. >> yes, it was ging the other way. >> i was going to say it's cooler. we can go with that. >> the other way. yes. unlike the gusty southwest wind that pushed us to our first 90 of the year at national and 91

at i,bw today the wind will be out of the other direction, as aaron eloquently calls it. north to north winds averaging better than 15 miles per hour this morning. it will stay that way all day. more than enough sunshine. but a refreshing northwest breeze today. temperatures are going to continue to fale the next coup of hours, and there won't be a big rebound in afternoon temperature pea either. dropping into the 50s this morning in the shenandoah valley. still mostly in the 60s around town. western ost of o suburbs here will probably still drop below 0 degrees before -- below 60 degrees before 7:00. still milder byhe bay. your planner then for the next couple of days, a comfortable breeze today. lots of sunshine and a delightful day coming up tomorrow. the next chance at rain doesn't sh until thursday. meanwhile, friends and neighbors in the midwest are really taking it on the chin. look at this severe weather now extending from way down in far southern texas near the big bend, all the way across oklahoma, kansas, into missouri. all this severe weather is

lifting northbound, if you're traveling today on plane toward chicago or st. louis, be on the lookout, there will be significant flight delays there. for us, though, high pressure is pushing in the cooler, less humid air so we get a break from our summertime-like hea around here. future weather the next few days, a mix of sun and clouds. ndthing to worry about really. clear overnight aostly sunny for much of the day tomorrow. late tomorrow evening into early thursday, there could be a hit-and-miss shower chance. thursday's rain chance is only about 30% to 40% at the most. no washout coming. that rain chance thursday, th's the warmer air coming back. it will be in place to get the holiday weekend started friday and saturday. both highs in the mid 80s with plenty of sunshine. we'll talk sunday and memorial day weather in the next half hour. for now, let's go to first 4 traffic and melissa mollet. 4 first traffic alert here. talking about centreville, eastbound 66 before 29. the right side of the road is blocked this morning. this is a fatal crash investigation. the left side's getting through.

right now it's not much impact. if this sticks around, it's obviously going to be a very different morning for a lot of fks. we have a reporter headed that way. inner loop, outer loop, no problems. a little roadwork, but it's not you.ing nothing worth worrying about at this point. as you look at 95, 32 to the beltway, southbound, 69 miles per hour. more coming p. u

4:23. summertime means bk yard barbecues, pool parties, and hopefully a vacation or two. >> it's important to know how to secure your home before you head out of town. melissa mollet joins us live from the newsroom with tades. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. there's a lot to think about when packing up to take that trip. what you need to remember is what you'ree ling behind. rockville resident frama swn a. her husband and two sons love to travel, but when they head out of town -- >> you got to think two steps ahead. >> ahead of the criminals that leave them behind. >> one of the first things we when we're planning to leave is that we make sure we have some lights that a on. >> reporter: a neighborhood break-in last year has her on high alert. montgomery county community resource officer katherine beard has four things to know about leaving home. first, thoselights. >> lights on timers are a good thing, especially when they come on at dusk and they -- they turn

off at dawn. >> reporter: and a few other things on officer beard's list -- an alarm system -- >> a addedway of security. >> reporter: and surveillance cameras. ones connected to an app are especially handy. >> we've done a number of investigationsith ring where we've captured them getting things off people's porches. >> reporter: inside, install them in the most traveled areas of your home, and register your alarm with your city or county so that if it does go off there's no delay in police reachg you. also stop your mail and newspapers. ne up lawn care and keep your house clear. >> you want to make sure that the shrubs are below the windows, like yours are. so that you get a full view of the front ofe thouse. >> reporter: it's years for neighbors to see if something's amiss. have one ing by every few days. if there's a problem -- >> it shortens our investigation a little bit. we get a better dtimeline an better window of when the crime occurred. >> reporter: a reminder to check not just your doors and throw

the deadbolts, but the windows you mightmetimes open for fresh air. and trust me, all of us stuck at work know that vacay is just fabulous, but don't share photos until you return. >> when you're in the moment on vacation, you're having a greatd time anwant to share it. at the same time, is that such a great idea? >> if they know that you're away and you post it on social media, it just gives them a target. >> reporter: you don't want to that. tomorrow morning, we're going to continue our summer safety series with all things skin care. eun? >> very important to use that sunscreen. thank you for the tips. 4:25. coming up, from protecting youh ome to protecting your car, a news4 i-team investigation reveals the surprising items that could draw a thief to target your car. plus, new details from an eiffel tower evacuation. the landmark shut down when a man is spotted climbing up. and good morning, everyone. tuesday morning. means it's ti to start thinking about the weekend.

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house is gone. our son called us. >> right now on "news4 today," picking uphe pieces after tornado trouble. communities start to clean up ahead of another round of storms. plus, new charges for local pediatrician accused of preying on his patients. the distng allegations against the doctor rents trusted with their children. and -- >> we've had some bad luck over here for the last couple of years. this one here takes the cake. >> more heartbreak for redskins fans -- unreal>> the star sidelined minutes into the first practice of the season. thepdate on reuben foster's injury and what it means for the team. we're cursed or something.

every single season this happens to the skins. it's 4:30. a live look outside on this or tuesday mning. you'll feel some of that relief right away when you step outside. t it.tainly f temperatures reached 90 degrees for some of you esterday. today it's going to feel a bit more like spring again. 66 degrees compared to ay yesteright? good morning, everyon i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. we're woing 4 you to fill you in on everything you need to know. it starts with a check on the recast and commute. meteorologist chuck bell is here. before we talk to melissa about the roads, what do you >>have? 've got good news, everybody. the sun will be out, the wind will be out of the northwest, and temperatures this afternoon wilbe about 15 degrees cooler than that first 90-degree day of the yearyesterday. temperatures are trending ever downward this morning. northwest winds are out there, 61 now in gaithersburg and leesburg. 60 in martinsburg. way out here, western maryland, up by deep creek lake,